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GIGS OF THE WEEK LONDON
Who: Blitz Kids Where:The Barfly, London When: January 20 Why: On the day of
their third album release The Good Youth, the four-piece rock band play the second date of a six date UK tour. They’ll also visit Carlisle, Manchester and Leeds.
DIGITAL VS Week 50
14.6% 84.5%
BIRMINGHAM
Who: Connan Mockasin Where:Hare & Hounds, Birmingham When: January 23
Why:The New Zealand psych-funk singer is joined by indie trio Teleman during a UK tour. He comes to O2 Shepherds Bush Empire in London on the 28th.
PHYSICAL 14.3%
Week 51 84.8%
TOP 5 STORIES ON
MUSICWEEK.COM
Musicweek.com’s most-read stories for period ending January 13
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Official: Ministry Of Sound nightclub is saved Tuesday, January 7 BRIT Awards 2014: All the nominees Thursday, January 9 Lily Allen: ‘Record labels are terrified of taking risks’ Thursday, January 9 John Cale and Thurston Moore to keynote Liverpool Sound City 2014 Thursday, January 9 UK Music to launch music manager video game Thursday, January 9
SHEFFIELD
Who:Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip Where: Plug, Sheffield When: January 23
Why:The hip-hop duo perform at various venues around the UK after releasing their third album Repent Replenish Repeat at the end of last year.
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Week 52 32.1% 67.2% Week 1 43% 56.1% Week 2 40.8% 58.1%
WkS 50 - 2 The UK market share for all albums in the past five weeks
DIGITAL CD
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On the front of this month’s Uncut magazine are The Kinks. Celebrating 50 years in rock, the Davies brothers hint at a reunion, which is, according to Ray Davies, “as close as it’s ever been to happening”. Elsewhere Dublin singer-
songwriter James Vincent McMorrowsays his second album Post Tropical is, inspired by classic R&B, a far cry from the ‘lo-fi, round- the-campfire’ vibe of his debut. “A lot of people who liked the first album will probably be surprised,” he explains. David Crosby gives a no-holds-
barred interview before releasing his first solo album in over 20 years. The reason he got ‘booted out of The Byrds’ in 1967 was “mostly to do with my ego,” he explains. “[I wanted] a bigger share of the pie.” In the reviews pages, Bruce
yes: 70% no: 30%
Springsteen’s High Hopes gets nine out of ten from Richard Williams. The twelve songs bring together “the failure of conventional belief systems and the blight of spiritual poverty”. Sharon O’Connell praises Grass Punks from “Dakotan Troubadour” Tom Brosseau. It’s a “wry, beautifully finger-picked set, that recalls Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger.”
LIFE IS TWEET WE FOLLOW THE INDUSTRY’S FINEST
@SeanBHill An ex-professional footballer revealing he is gay is one of the top news stories on @BBCNews. This is why there is a problem in
society (Sean Hill, ATM Artists) Wednesday, January 8
@NICKIMINAJ Wow at Universal takin down that boss ass bitch sound cloud link.
ITS.A.FREESTYLE - smfh. (Nicki Minaj) Friday, January 10
@allymccrae Playing records on probably the biggest stage I ever have tonight - definitely just put a bit of plastic bag in my shoes to plug the
hole. (Ally McCrae, BBC Radio One) Friday, January 10
@agent_jedwardsWhen you get to the e-mail in your inbox from your mother with the subject “One D Tickets” it’s truly hard to carry on. (Jason Edwards,
13 Artists) Friday, January 10
@ShazAllSaints HEELLLLOOO GOOD MORNING!!!!! I’ve been watching and checking this out. My first tweet! Thank you for your lovely messages made me
smile xx (Shaznay Lewis) Saturday, January 11
TWEET OF THE WEEK @MRSSLEAZE Looking for
‘work in the music industry’ -
ian@perfectsongs.com (Ian Usher, Perfect Songs) Tuesday, January 7
@jamieosman You know this whole “defend pop punk, pop punks not dead” thing? What are we defending it from? Better lyrics and song
structures? (Jamie Osman, Red Light Management) Saturday, January 11
intern who is interested in music publishing, not a Hoorah Henry wanting to
@Rickontour Only 1 hour to go until the start of #TheVoiceUK And don’t forget guys, if it’s not ‘for you’ then you don’t have to watch! So it’s win win.
(Ricky Wilson, Kaiser Chiefs) Saturday, January 11
@alt_J With regret, Gwil is leaving alt-J. This is purely a personal decision and as our best friend we support him completely. (Alt-J)
Saturday, January 11
@TheCSullivan Just cast vote for Best British Single in the Brit
Awards.There was a choice of 10 - all completely dispiriting examples of dimbo dance-
pop. (Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian) Monday, January 13
@inekedaans is any one EVER going to suggest a meeting during Eurosonic in Groningen at the Pannekoekenboot ? any one? ever? #pancakeboat
(Ineke Daans, PIAS) Monday, January 13 Follow us on Twitter for up-to-the-minute alerts @MusicWeekNews
THE MAGIC NUMBERS
Amaze colleagues and bamboozle rivals with
these head-spinning facts and figures...
8.4 Million viewers for the first
episode of the third series of BBC’s The Voice UK. The number is up two million from last year’s debut show
15 Years after leaving
Fleetwood Mac, Christine McVie will be officially rejoining. A 2014 tour featuring the reunited
line-up will reportedly be announced soon
11
Oasis albums are now available to stream on
Spotify, Deezer and Rdio. The band join Pink Floyd,
Led Zeppelin and Metallica, who have all brought their catalogues to the sites in the last year
8
Years since their last album and Embrace are to release a sixth. The self-titled LP is out on February 28. The band have clocked up five top ten albums and six top
ten singles since forming in the mid-’90s
20th Anniversary of OutKast’s
1994 debut album will be celebrated by a 40-date world festival tour. Andre
3000 and Big Boi will make their live comeback
headlining Coachella Festival in April
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